iJOBS and Erdos Institute Seminar: Data Science Career following a Biology PhD with Alexander Izaguirre
Professional Development
February 9, 2023
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Event Description
Come hear from Rutgers alum Alex Izaguirre, PhD who has transitioned from a degree in Immunology to now being the Chief Data Officer at the NYC Health and Hospitals. There he supports strategic and operational needs for hospitals, academic medical centers, provider systems, payers, pharmaceuticals, device companies and biotech. Learn how Alex made the transition to IT and data science.
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iJOBS Virtual Site Visit: Ambit Consulting Services
Professional Development
January 24, 2023
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Event Description
Ambit Consulting Services is a consulting firm focused on the future of biopharma. Let by entrepreneurs with decades of industry experience, they focus on helping clients navigate the changing pharma landscape by using cutting-edge approaches to pharmaceutical strategy with a focus on rare diseases. They are actively looking for PhD level hires to work as consultants so learn about the company and how you can become part of this exciting company. Consulting is a great way to stay conneted to the science and help many drugs get to market.
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iJOBS Case Study: Business Development
Professional Development
January 19, 2023
10:00 - 11:30 am
Event Description
Business development is the act of pursuing strategic opportunities for a particular business or organization. For example, you could cultivate partnerships or identify new markets for products or services. Many PhD level scientists enjoy this area on the crossroads of research and business. Our guest speaker, Evelyn Chang, who has a science as well as business background will lead us in a business development case study so attendees can learn what is involved in this career.
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iJOBS Seminar: Novel approaches to therapeutic development in industry
Professional Development
January 10, 2023
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Event Description
Join us to hear from Rutgers alum James Cappola, MD/PhD. We will hear about vaccine development and cancer "vaccine" progress as well as an important focus on the US to support new treatments for PTSD. Dr. Cappola has 25+ years’ experience as Director Clinical Development as well as Clinical Safety; Medical Affairs/ Clinical Research for Hematological, Oncological, Neurological, anti-Infective, Pulmonary, Cardiovascular Drug Development. He is also a Medical Monitor- Pharmacovigilance for Phase I, II, III, IV Clinical Studies in both adults and children.
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Recent RISE Alumni Accomplishments
Awards & Honors
The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the School of Graduate Studies is delighted to highlight some recent accomplishments of Research Intensive Summer Experience (RISE) alumni.
Congratulations to the following RISE Scholars:
Katya Echazarreta
SGS ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Lorne S. Joseph, PhD
Alumni Achievements
The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the School of Graduate Studies is delighted to showcase the accomplishments of our current students and program alumni. For this December 2022 SPOTLIGHT feature, we are excited to showcase RISE and SUPER-GRAD fellow alum, Dr. Lorne S.Joseph.
Read below to find out more about Dr Joseph. Thank you Dr. Joseph for sharing your experiences with the SGS community!
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Congratulations to the Aaron Shatkin and NJ Health Foundation Award Winners
Awards & Honors
Congratulations to the three Aaron Shatkin Award winners from fall 2022. The award recognizes outstanding graduate students who have excelled in their research and coursework:
Kaiden Power
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
From the lab of Maureen Barr
Stephania Guzman
Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology
From the lab of Moshmi Bhattacharya
Iva Salamon
Neuroscience
From the lab of Roko Rasin
Research Cafe launches on Dec. 14
Research & Scholarship
Research Cafe launches December 14!
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to join the School of Graduate Studies for our first Research Cafe gathering featuring two grad student scholars who will share their work and benefit from peer feedback in a friendly and low-stakes setting.